An Inventory of Records at the Texas State Archives,
1988-1993 (bulk 1992-1993)

Records consist of
reports, correspondence, minutes, surveys, curricula, and research files that
date from 1988 to 1993, with the bulk from 1992 to 1993. These records were
generated or collected by the Provost of Judicial Education and document the
activities and recommendations of the Provost, the state of judicial education
in Texas, and debates regarding the future of judicial education programs.

Quantity:

2 cubic ft.

Language

English.

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This EAD finding aid was created in part with funds provided
by the Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board for the Texas
Archival Resources Online project.

The Texas Supreme Court appointed William W. Gibson, Jr. as Provost of
Judicial Education for the year beginning September 1, 1992, to advise the
court on the operation of education programs for judges, court officials and
personnel, to aid in program development, to encourage cooperation among the
recipients of judicial and court personnel training funds, and to encourage the
use of new technologies and alternatives to traditional education programs.
Gibson, a professor of law at the University of Texas at Austin, took a leave
of absence from his teaching duties to serve as Provost. The Provost studied
and participated in numerous judicial education programs, met with the agencies
that provide judicial education programs, served as a clearinghouse for
judicial scholarships and program invitations, reviewed grant applications for
the State Justice Institute, and worked on developing education programs with
interested parties. He conducted an education needs assessment survey of Texas
judges, and formed an advisory committee of representatives from the three
judicial training centers that received funding from the Texas Supreme Court.
The Provost submitted a final report to the court in August 1993. In September
1993, responsibility for judicial education was transferred from the Texas
Supreme Court to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals as a result of Senate Bill
947, 73rd Legislature, Regular Session.

Records consist of reports, correspondence, minutes, surveys,
curricula, and research files that date from 1988 to 1993, with the bulk from
1992 to 1993. These records were generated or collected by the Provost of
Judicial Education and document the activities and recommendations of the
Provost, the state of judicial education in Texas, and debates regarding the
future of judicial education programs. The Provost's “Final Report to the
Supreme Court of Texas” gives an overview of judicial education in Texas,
summarizes the Provost's activities, and gives the Provost's recommendations
for improvements. The Provost's activities are detailed in his reports to Texas
Supreme Court Justice Bob Gammage. Also included are materials on agencies that
received funds from the Texas Supreme Court for providing judicial and court
personnel training, including the Texas Justice Court Training Center, Texas
Municipal Courts Training Center, Texas Center for the Judiciary, Texas
District and County Attorneys Association, and Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association. Reports and correspondence from three other bodies--the Study
Committee on Judicial and Court Personnel Education Programs, the Texas
Judicial Education Delegation to the Leadership Institute in Judicial
Education, and the Judicial Education Reference, Information and Technical
Transfer Project--were used by the Provost in preparing his final report and
provide additional information on judicial education in Texas and throughout
the U.S. A large quantity of publications, instructional materials, ephemera,
and miscellaneous materials were separated from the records because they were
better suited as library materials, proprietary in nature, and/or of limited
informational or evidential value.

To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily
reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to
provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.

These records were transferred to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the
Texas Supreme Court, Provost of Judicial Education on May 17, 1993.